PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rice Farmer Dude (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Cat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Rice Farmer Dude has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Farmer Dude
vs
Cat

197 cm
27
262 lbs
7 - 2 - 1

200 cm
20
265 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Rice Farmer Dude!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tom Cat!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cat keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cat moves away from the strike by Farmer Dude.
Rice Farmer Dude seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cat uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Farmer Dude.
Cat defending well as Farmer Dude loads up on a big left hand.
Cat misses with a takedown
and Farmer Dude counters with a stiff right hand.
Cat doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Farmer Dude counter with a right hand.
Cat misses with a takedown
and Cat takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rice Farmer Dude has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tom Cat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cat avoids the body shot from Farmer Dude.
Farmer Dude fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cat manages to avoid it.
Rice Farmer Dude is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cat showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Farmer Dude.
Farmer Dude connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cat momentarily.
A jab from Farmer Dude misses.
A right-left combo lands from Farmer Dude.
Farmer Dude misses with an uppercut

and Cat decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Farmer Dude's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cat wants to pass the guard but Farmer Dude is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cat throws a strike but Farmer Dude rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Farmer Dude controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Farmer Dude trying to control but Cat is working from the bottom.

Rice Farmer Dude has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Farmer Dude misses with a lunging right hand

and Cat counters with a single leg into guard. Farmer Dude didn't expect that.
Cat trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cat advances position into side control!

Cat is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Farmer Dude has escaped the position, nice work there.
Farmer Dude wants to get back to his feet.
Cat creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Farmer Dude sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Cat scores with punches from side control.
Cat lands a decent elbow from side control.
Farmer Dude on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Cat fails to land a wild elbow strike.

Cat looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cat landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Farmer Dude wants to get back to his feet.
Cat throwing strikes but Farmer Dude manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Farmer Dude is breathing heavily.
Cat seems a little lost for a moment, as Farmer Dude dominates the positioning.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cat is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Farmer Dude off and has taken his back!
Farmer Dude takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Cat punishes Farmer Dude with strikes from the back mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Cat dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Farmer Dude tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cat was well out of range. Poor timing from Farmer Dude.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Farmer Dude enables Cat to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Farmer Dude manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Cat scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cat is in close to Farmer Dude's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cat trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cat has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Cat drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cat jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Cat throws a strike but Farmer Dude rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Farmer Dude pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cat is keeping the position for now.

Cat has his foot on Farmer Dude's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Farmer Dude works his way back into a safe position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farmer Dude won't allow Cat to sweep him here.

Cat is looking for a triangle but Farmer Dude pushes his legs off easily.
Cat is breathing heavily.

Cat looking for a guillotine here but Farmer Dude defends easily.
Farmer Dude wants to stand but Cat has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Cat manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Farmer Dude knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cat on the ground.
Cat throwing strikes here but Farmer Dude is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Farmer Dude is in a horrible position here. Cat smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
A nice elbow there by Cat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cat with a couple of short strikes.

Cat looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
BOOM! Cat connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cat scoring with strikes but Farmer Dude is staying in there.
Cat landing strikes from the mount and Farmer Dude is in trouble!
Cat won't let Farmer Dude get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Cat lands with some strikes.
Cat lands a big elbow.
Cat connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cat raining down shots from the mount!

Cat is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Cat extends the arm and Farmer Dude is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tom Cat!